Improved ironing-board



@animi ien?- i time Patenti @the JOSEPH C. MILLER, OF LANCASTER, OHIO.'

Letters Patent No. 89,162, dated .April 20, 1869.

IMPROVED IRONING-BOARD.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH G. MILLER, ofLancaster, in the county of Fairfield, and State of Ohio, have inventeda new and improved Ironing-Board; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my board, extendedready for use.

Figure 2 is an under side view of the same, folded up for storage.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its objectY to furnish an imirnproved ironingprovedironing-board which shall be so constructed and arranged that when notrequired for use it may be folded up and laid aside; and

It consists in the ironing-board constructed and ranged as hereinaftermore fully described.

A is the main body of the board, a convenient size for which is six anda half feet long, fourtcen inches wide at the head, ten inches wide atthe foot, and one and a half inch thick.

The board should be covered in the ordinary manner.

Upon the under side of the foot of the board is secured a cross orstop-bar, B, and a bracket, C, to receive support the head of the table.

The frame E, when not in use, is turned up along the under side of theboard A, and secured in place by abntton, F.

To the edge of the head end of the board Ais swivelled a block, G, towhich is hinged the bosom-boardl H The block G ismade thicker than theboard A, so that, when it is swung around, and the bosom-board turneddown into a horizontal position, it may be a little above the board A,whereits forward end is supported by short pins or feet attached to it,as shown in fin. 1.

The block G is secured in positionwhen the board H is turned up intoposition to be used, by the buttons I, as shown in fig. 1. l

When not required for use the block is swung half around, and the boardH is turned down beneath the board A, as shown in iig. 2, where it issecured in place i by the button J, pivoted to the block, or cleat K, toraise it to a suitable height.

By this construction and arrangement a convenient ironing-board isproduced, which may be readily adjusted for ironing shirt-bosoms or forordinary/ironing,

and when not required for use may be foldedup andset aside, requiringbut little more space for storage than a plain board.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An improved ironing-board formed by the combina# tion ofthe coveredboard A, bar or stop B, bracket, set or clamping-screw D, hinged frameE, swivelled block G, and hinged bosom-board H, said parts being const-ructed and arranged substantially as herein shown and described, andfor the purposes set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 23d day ofFebruary, 1869.

JOSEPH O. MILLER.

Witnesses:

J om GARAGETY, F. MAYER.

